Andrew Alan Ashburner

Andrew married Lorraine Iris Pead [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Harry John Harris Ashburner
• Occupation: Blaster on mine.
• Residence: 31 Jan 1915, 312 Hanover Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Harry worked on a Smith's Mine. Ptt found this on the web:
http://www.mindat.org/loc-56311.html
Frank Smith Mine, Windsorton, Francis Baard District, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
A small diamond mine, currently owned by Good Hope Diamonds Pty Ltd. The deposit consists of older kimberlite dykes that are intruded by two younger kimberlite pipes. It is not known when it was discovered, but the company formed to mine it was constituted in 1900. While the diamonds are of excellent quality, the diamond grade is very low. Therefore, the mine was only worked sporadically; it remained closed in the periods 1907-1913, 1914-1920 and 1929-1964. It was worked for some time during the 1990s and is presently still kept under maintenance.

The mine is also well known for its mantle xenoliths, including eclogite, kyanite eclogite, corundum-diamond eclogite, dunite, harzburgite, lherzolite, and garnet harzburgite.

Harry married Rosina Harrison on 4 Sep 1905 in Barkly West, Northern Cape, South Africa. Rosina was born on 4 Dec 1887; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]